Arene microforis

Arene microforis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Areneidae
Genus:	Arene
Species:	A. microforis
Binomial name
Arene microforis (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
Liotia (Arene) variabilis var. microforisDall, 1889 (basionym)

Arene microforis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Areneidae. ^[1]

Description

The shell can grow to be 4 mm to 7 mm in length.

(Original description) The shell is characterized by radiating undulations (axial folds) that granulate (make rough or nodular) the underlying basal sculpture (spiral cords on the lower whorl). The body whorl is compactly coiled, resulting in the umbilicus being nearly or entirely closed. All these make it different from Liotia (Arene) variabilisDall, 1889 (synonym of Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)) ^[2]

Distribution

Arene microforis can be found from Yucatán, Mexico to East Brazil.

References

1. Arene microforis (Dall, 1889) . 14 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Dall, W.H. (1889). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 18: 390. Retrieved 14 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• "Arene microforis", IUCN Red List, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183322/19117512.
• "Arene microforis", Encyclopedia of Life, https://eol.org/pages/4506335).